In the YK Jhuggi camp in east Delhi’s Yamuna Khadar, sheds are built at inefficient places, the drains are open, its a breeding place for mosquitoes, and the chaos is authentic and heart-wrenching. Home for slum dwellers, the camp shelters nearly 8,000 families. Between all the daunting stories, what catches ones eye is a flyover …
This 23-year-old teaches slum children under a flyover slab in Delhi Read More »
AHMEDABAD: DCB Bank & Airport Authority of India – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport, Ahmedabad are delighted to inaugurate a corporate social responsibility initiative aimed at the female traveler. The initiative to install sanitary napkin vending machines at both international and domestic terminals seeks to provide for female travellers a convenient and hygienic facility.
Ramakrishna NK was working as a principal consultant for Vignette Europe Limited while his wife Smita Ram was involved in social initiatives with non-profits in India and the United Kingdom when the duo felt a strong desire to return to the country and join the fight against poverty.
In a land that is infamous for its littering and dumping garbage at public places, Thiruvananthapuram is all set to become a model district. Udhyanam inaugurated by Thiruvananthapuram District Collector Vasuki and Minister of Cooperation, Tourism and Devaswom Kadakampally Surendran (EPS)
Moin Qazi, the manager of a local bank, describes the incredible story of how women from a Maharashtra village went from being ragpickers to entrepreneurs! I vividly remember my moment of epiphany. It was a balmy afternoon in early 1996 in Warora, a small township in northern Maharashtra. I was posted as a manager of …
Ragpickers to Entrepreneurs: How Women in This Maha Village Are Empowering Themselves! Read More »
